The Cabinet today (18) approved the import of nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer from India for the Maha season.

The first batch of liquid fertilizer will be airlifted tomorrow (19).

According to a Cabinet Memorandum submitted by Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage, this stock of fertilizer is being imported.

This stock of nano nitrogen fertilizer will be imported to enrich 900,000 hectares of paddy fields during the Maha season.

Farmer protests have erupted across the country against the severe fertiliser shortage arising from the government's ban on chemical fertiliser.